Yusuf Sarwar was jailed in 2014 after returning to Britain following mother’s tipoff He is set to be released in June after serving 8 years of almost 13-year prison term LONDON: A British militant who traveled to Syria to join a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda is set to be released from prison almost five years early. Yusuf Sarwar, 29, then a student in the city of Birmingham, left a letter to his mother in 2013 saying he had gone to fight “Allah’s enemies.” She notified police of the letter and Sarwar, who moved to Syria with a former postal worker, was subsequently arrested when he returned to Britain the following year. A UK parole board has now ruled that Sarwar will be released in June after serving eight years of his almost 13-year jail term.